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Pradeep Kolakkampadath
Director of Software Engineering · Evernorth Health Services
Greater St. Louis, Missouri · 20+ years in enterprise software delivery and engineering leadership
01 Summary
Engineering leader with 20+ years of progressive experience in enterprise software delivery, currently running an engineering enablement organization at Evernorth Health Services. Career arc moves from hands-on engineering through program and delivery management into platform-scale leadership of resiliency, reliability, and test enablement.
Parallel to the leadership work, builds AI systems hands-on — multi-agent orchestration, memory and routing design, and reliability-first LLM products. The building informs the leadership perspective: AI enablement that works in practice, not just on slides.
02 Currently Targeting
- ›Senior engineering leadership roles with an AI enablement or AI platform mandate
- ›Engineering leadership at AI-forward companies where AI is woven into engineering practice, not bolted onto a product
- ›Senior technical leadership roles that combine strategic ownership with hands-on proximity to the craft
03 Selected Impact (Director / Senior Manager Level)
Transformed performance testing into an enterprise platform
Replaced legacy tooling with modern performance testing infrastructure, integrated dynamic environments, and launched a self-service front end. Release readiness and reliability improved, adoption scaled beyond a single team.
Led AI and productivity enablement in the SDLC
Partnered with architecture and the AI center of excellence on genAI-assisted test data tooling, developer assistance solutions, and productivity measurement frameworks. Moved AI from experimentation into governed, repeatable engineering workflows.
Modernized mainframe delivery with CI/CD patterns
Piloted bridge tooling that brought git-based CI/CD into mainframe environments, lowering developer onboarding friction on historically rigid platforms.
Elevated enterprise security posture
Drove enterprise adoption of automated dependency vulnerability management, built remediation visibility dashboards, and partnered with security on high-risk remediation outcomes.
Delivered cost transparency and financial discipline
Partnered with finance and portfolio leadership on total cost of ownership optimization and portfolio budget analysis. Improved funding alignment and leadership confidence in the enablement model.
Built high-impact, recognized teams
Strengthened hiring and internal capability, expanded automation and AI skills, and built a continuous improvement culture anchored in retrospectives and opportunity logs.
04 Experience
Director of Software Engineering
2024 — PresentEvernorth Health Services · Greater St. Louis
Leads an engineering enablement organization covering stability and resilience engineering, performance testing, test engineering, test data platforms, and delivery planning. Operates a multi-million-dollar portfolio spanning teams in the US and India.
Senior Manager, Software Engineering
2022 — 2024Evernorth Health Services · Greater St. Louis
Led stability engineering, performance testing, and test enablement teams. Drove the modernization of performance testing tooling and the build-out of self-service platforms used across the engineering organization.
Senior Delivery Manager, Technology
2017 — 2022Evernorth Health Services · Greater St. Louis
Served as an IT security controls lead and delivery lead across infrastructure and reliability initiatives. Drove process and performance optimization for IT infrastructure operations and coached teams on agile delivery practices.
Senior Manager → Associate Director, Healthcare IT
2012 — 2017Cognizant · Greater St. Louis
Led large engineering delivery teams in healthcare IT consulting, spanning onshore and offshore. Drove process optimization, infrastructure and application strategy, and cross-functional delivery across multiple large engagements.
Service Delivery Manager, IT
2009 — 2012CGI · Chattanooga, TN
Managed a multi-site US–Canada–India healthcare engagement with a 70+ person cross-functional team. Led business continuity planning, delivery standardization, and post-release quality improvements.
IT Project Manager
2006 — 2009Mahindra Satyam · Chattanooga, TN
Built out an onsite–offshore delivery model in healthcare claims. Delivered QA automation improvements that materially increased test execution throughput.
IT Consultant and Project Lead
2003 — 2006Capgemini (Kanbay) · Greater Chicago Area
Led onshore–offshore delivery of medium-scale compliance IT programs under aggressive timelines. Identified as a company-wide trainer for core database platforms.
Module Lead
2002 — 2003UST Global · India
Started in engineering with direct client-facing requirements work, unit testing, and module ownership. Promoted to module leader within six months.
05 Core Strengths
06 Certifications
07 Education
B.Tech, Biomedical Engineering
Cochin University of Science and Technology · 1997 — 2001
08 Full Resume
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